theatreWashington Hosts the 28th Helen Hayes Awards

 

Special Awards going to Kevin Spacey and Atlas theatre visionaries Jane Lang and Paul Sprenger

Kevin Spacey to Receive Helen Hayes Tribute

 

Oscar and Tony Award winning actor and arts advocate Kevin Spacey will receive the prestigious Helen Hayes Tribute at the 28th Helen Hayes Awards ceremony on Monday, April 23, 2012.

MOVIE REVUE: Horrible Bosses, Better than Going to Work

If Seth Gordon were a less competent director, I might be tempted to make a few cheap and obvious critical references to the title of his newest film Horrible Bosses, though I would not be proud of myself for it. Fortunately, his effort here is not quite ripe enough for clever(or not so clever) puns, and is really just another satisfactory entry in the continuing resurrection of the adult comedy genre.

MOVIE REVUE: “Horrible Bosses” maybe an understatement, it’s anything but horrible!!

I was hopeful for the summer comedies and as we have hit July, my optimism turned to glass half empty. Luckily, I still had a glass! Horrible Bosses is easily the summer’s best comedy; dare I say the
year’s?! I dare!! It is an instant cult classic. I found myself wondering what the Blu-ray extras would be, before the film even ended, but I was fully involved in the hilarity. Seth Gordon may get the credit for being the director, but the writers Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley, and Jonathan Goldstein deserve their share of the credit. I can only imagine the writers brainstorming late into the night, spit-balling any far-fetched idea and getting punchy, when they turn on TCM and see Hitchcock’s iconic, Strangers on a Train. Then they turn that premise into a totally twisted comedy. I don’t want to give more than that away.

MOVIE REVUE: A Fantastic Voyage to the MOON

 

It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home.  Thankfully, his time on the moon is nearly over, and Sam will be reunited with his wife and their three-year-old daughter in only a few short weeks.

Astronaut Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) and Director Duncan Jones on the set of MOON

INTERVUE: Duncan Jones takes us to the MOON & back

Duncan Jones makes his feature film debut as director in the new Sony Pictures Classic MOON, which opens in limited release in theatres this weekend. MOON is a science fiction adventure with a human interest element that moviegoers will enjoy. I had the pleasure of chatting with Duncan to discuss his newfound journey.

The Rogers Revue: Duncan, how did you get involved with the film?